Agriculture Worker Program: Steady Supply

Agriculture Worker Program Dept: WASHINGTON - Sweeping immigration legislation taking shape in the Senate will aim to overhaul the nation's agriculture worker program to create a steady supply of labour for farmers and growers, who rely more than any other industry on workers who are living in the country illegally, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Negotiators have been working to finalize an agreement in time for the measure to be included in bipartisan legislation expected to be released next week, but disagreements on wages and numbers of visas are proving tough to solve and FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2010 file photo, a worker tears off the leaves of a Vidalia onion plant before planting its roots into the soil on an onion farm in Lyons, Ga. Sweeping immigration legislation taking shape in the Senate will aim to dramatically overhaul the nation agriculture worker program to create a steady supply of labor for the nation farmers and growers, who rely more on illegal workers than any other industry. AP Photo/David Goldman, File Farm workers already here would get a speedier path to legal status than other immigrants here illegally, and a likely new visa program would make it easier for foreign workers to come to the U.S. Policymakers aim to install such workers in place of the half or more of the nation's farm labour workforce estimated to be in the country illegally. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.